#endgame-lounge

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turbid canopy
ocean sphinx
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not cleese

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he doesnt do it like that

ocean sphinx
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thanks

dull radish
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not a fan of mario kart strat for suppression personally

stable basin
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Mario kart suppression is like the third most pepega strat I've seen for anything

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Which is saying a lot

quick verge
rose atlas
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nice

foggy latch
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mario kart suppression

wet stag
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does anyone have that gif of the hatch in tenstrike doing the tokyo drift around the dude

blissful tree
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Where is the best place to start getting into savage content?

blazing pelican
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The beginning. Step into a learning party in party finder for E5S.

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Current Ex Modes are a good starting point too.

glossy musk
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Go in PF and join any learning party for e5s

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If there aren’t any you can always make one

rose atlas
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also worth mentioning to know your job well

uncut gate
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as you can see, you only need to remember the first color portal, once positioned you either always stay or always switch

mortal stone
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Also I’m gonna plug the braindead strat

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I think pf has picked it up but just in case your data center hasn’t

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You can stack the circles together during color phase and not die

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So rather than having your group spread out you can have all the healers/tanks and all the DPS stack together and do the portal mechanic together

reef crescent
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That guide for E7S color portals is exactly what I needed o7

mint falcon
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Just to confirm, how much rdps is needed for e7s add phase?

uncut gate
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84k ish i think

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oh wait slightly higher

mortal stone
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You usually won’t have a problem with add enrage unless you fail some/all of the mechanics or get too many damage downs

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The DPS checks in 7 aren’t that punishing

thorn bear
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it ain't week 1 anymore 😔

pallid vigil
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Adds are usually a problem now if one sides DPS is too high nowadays tbh

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Source: My static

foggy latch
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unless u dont kill adds in same time

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the dps check should be very lenient

mint falcon
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So screwing up mechanics that cause damage down/death/adds invuln will tank party dps

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Got it

quaint marten
rocky hare
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What do you guys do once BiS ?

mortal stone
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optimize fights

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do ultimates if you haven't

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or just dick around until 5.4

foggy latch
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unsub

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jokes aside you try parse as high as possible

smoky token
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if yoshi-p says I should take a break then mooglethink

pallid vigil
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Clear on all classes or alt accounts

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Like I'm trying it on GNB now

turbid canopy
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i've been getting horrid percentiles as war. figured i would try the others during this farm period and see if im just an idiot or another class clicks better

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so far even gemmed for war im doin pretty good as gnd/drk

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pld i either am doing something horribly wrong or my stats are just in all the wrong places

rose atlas
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smug is cute

turbid canopy
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am i being smug? psure 2/3 of those lines are me saying im pretty bad

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which would be the opposite of that word but

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

quick verge
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it's an unrelated message

humble patio
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If I were to not attune to the aetherite in the new shb area and leave, what would happen?

quaint marten
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You would have to go back the roundabout way

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Which is go to the entrance near the keeper of the lake dungeon

humble patio
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Ohh ok.

quaint marten
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And touch the thingmagig again.

olive hearth
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So is the best way to improve just to keep practicing?

quaint marten
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yes

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assuming you know where you are going wrong

uncut gate
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practice and review

wild wasp
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So, i'm trying to farm the birds from ex trials but one thing that's been bothering me for a long time and i can't get the answer is that if the bird drops it'll go to everyone on the party? or it'll be randomly choosen?

foggy latch
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whoever roll highest get it

wild wasp
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oh no

smoky token
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Why oh no? that's how every other piece of loot works in this game

wild wasp
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it can be traded tho?

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I'm solo farming, it's gonna take sometime :p

foggy latch
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yes if u clear same EX 99 times

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good luck

wild wasp
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yeah, that was my goal from the begining, hope i get lucky and get the drop before it :)

rocky hare
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As good manners how many pulls you guys stay for X mechs while the group keeps wiping before even reaching it ?

foggy latch
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2-3

olive hearth
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^

crystal sand
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Is PLD buffs (fight or flight/requicast) supposed is line up? cause even with the reccomend SkS my buffs aren't lining up on time to TA

quick verge
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an unaltered pld rotation has their buffs drift out of raid buff timings ~3s every minute in full uptime

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So yes it lines up at first

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and slowly drifts over the course of the fight

drowsy musk
quick verge
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is it just me or does fox look thicker

foggy latch
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rip 1% adds enrage in ucob

foggy latch
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poooogers

blazing pelican
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and then you died horribly to either a poorly mitigated Morn Afah or people not taking Exaflares 1000% seriously

foggy latch
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we wiped to 65%

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due akh morn eaten by one tank

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since other tank dced

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exaflares was surprisingly fine

olive hearth
foggy latch
rose atlas
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thats uh

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quite a big health bar

wet stag
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ultima kill before 100 aether woah

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feelsgoodman

foggy latch
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omg finally

olive hearth
untold oyster
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👏

olive hearth
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So out of the ultimates, what would you consider the most fun?

quick verge
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why did the brd BV after 10strike ???

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very nice wall at the end

foggy latch
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no idea

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but yea i walled it like retard at end

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ucob is best ultimate

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tea was annoying

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uwu i have mixed feeling

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it felt a tiny step up of savage

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and not really ultimate

lyric summit
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dnc at 70 sureok

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actual griefing

olive hearth
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I often see the BiS for ultimates include Eurekan weapons, can this be Physeos/Eureka or something lower, like Pyros?

quick verge
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"bis weapon" for 4.x ultimates is whatever you can start rolling stats on

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which is pyros iirc, but it's not worth the time investment

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just use an i470+ weapon and sync down

dull radish
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while the dps checks in ultimate aren't especially trivial, the bulk of the difficulty is on execution of mechanics, and overall consistency

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don't especially have to min-max gear for it to be more than sufficient

olive hearth
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I already have my Eureka weapon, so it made me remember that

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But I see, alright

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Thanks

mint falcon
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Does anyone have a list of the strats used in e8s? The one I was using so far only shows the different variations for only light rampart

foggy latch
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i mean the dps check wasnt that bad

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and almost outdpsed everyone there in the dps check that matters

flat maple
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Hello guys

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what is the comfort sks for warrior ?

torn kindle
still flax
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Hey 🙂 i played ff14 at stard than than kinda lost track. Now i have a lvl 63 astrologican and im wondering what the endgame consits of for me as a healer than? Like raiding dungeons? Could anyone give me a short summary whats the main focus points? 🙂 (Prob currency grind to get gear and artifact weapon first i guess?)

torn kindle
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Dungeons are casual content more for somewhat quickly grinding for the weekly tomestones, assuming you don’t do hunt trains.

Depending on what content difficulty you’re comfortable with, it can be anything from Zonureskin treasure map dungeons for Gil and glamour, Extreme trials for mounts and weapons, and savage raids for their equipment/weapons

olive hearth
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Content doesn't change depending on your job/role

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Only how you play it

still flax
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i see. thanks for the awnser. 🙂 Well i guess aiming for the raids will be my thing with dungeons and trials on the way :3

stable basin
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Does anyone have up-to-date BIS? (pls ping me, thank you) just for overall crafters & raiding for all classes. 😄

torn kindle
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!faq balance

storm frostBOT
torn kindle
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@stable basin go to this discord for all the BiS sets

steep iris
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dps check in ucob is miles easier now anyway

zinc fox
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What gear should I be spending tomestones of phantasmagoria on if I recently got to 80?

torn kindle
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Chest/legs > head/gloves/boots > belt > accessories

zinc fox
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Is it the deepshadow stuff?

torn kindle
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you can get a pretty quick i485 weapon by doing the Shadowbringers relic story.

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yep

zinc fox
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Alright nice, thanks!

nova socket
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You shouldn't be buying i470 gear I the first place

thorn bear
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the question is about if you just got to level 80

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why wouldn't you buy that gear?

nova socket
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cus you'll want to instantly replace it anyways

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Might as well buy materials and sell them to buy crafted gear at that point 🤔

raw wadi
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what's the best way to find people for pugs? :/ sitting in PF for hours just to start practicing savage is sucking the fun out of the game for me

blazing pelican
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Best time to be looking for a party is Tuesday and Friday/Saturday evenings.

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Tuesdays are the weekly reset, and the weekend for reasons I hope are obvious.

turbid canopy
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also you might be better off finding a static at this point

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not a hell of a lot of practice groups in the earlier savages atm

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as you know

simple sky
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i assume people prog and clear E5S pretty quickly

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so the groups don't stay around long, but pf can always surprise me

blazing pelican
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i assume people prog and clear E5S pretty quickly
I also live in a silly fantasy land where the melee don't greed Fury's Fourteen and wipe the group

rose atlas
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do you also live in a land where they do TN

stable basin
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i

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am so done with my life

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I got to sharpened stage in anima within 2 days

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I feel like a dying rat

foggy latch
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just sharpened?

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keep going there is much more

stable flicker
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I'm working on getting to 60 on my AST so I can get to the sharpened anima

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I don't want to go further with it

bold grotto
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@stable basin I feel you. Last 2 weeks I completed 1 Zodiac and 2 Anima relics.. I kinda wanna die too. Had never done a relic before that. :p

stable basin
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does the ninja anima weapon look better at its final stage or its sharpened stage

heavy mist
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You can judge for yourself

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Starts at 2:06

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for the anima line

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@stable basin

rose atlas
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nice

quick verge
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you got the funny number

simple sky
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@blazing pelican my fantasy land is great actually

nova socket
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Nice

lofty crane
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I want poetics but I keep landing in Eden raids

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LEMME GET MY POETIC

lofty crane
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I GOT REFLUGENCE FOR THE 3RD TIME IN THE LAST HOUR

high ether
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we finally are making it consistently past Light Rampant SHISHOU

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and I finally got my 500 weapon shishoufast

scarlet zephyr
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while I want to get a clear from E8S, but peeps mess up the mechanics

mortal stone
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My static has been at LR for a week now

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They want to learn uptime strats but secretly I prefer safe strats

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orbs suck

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we probably have enough dps to not have to care about uptime here probably

uncut gate
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you do

cursive carbon
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anyone know who to talk to about getting unbanned from balance discord? xd

stable basin
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Why did u get banned? @cursive carbon

cursive carbon
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shitposting in a blm channel

thorn bear
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You deserve it blmbap

high ether
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should've been flaming

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blms like that

cursive carbon
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😔

foggy latch
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if its in questions channel then you asked for it

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if in lounge then its ok since thats meme channel

mortal stone
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I find that funny because there is shitposting in literally all the tank channels

quick verge
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different channels different standards idk

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aren't balance bans temporary unless you do some really dumb shit

foggy latch
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they arent temporary

quick verge
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nice

mortal stone
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All this proves is that tanks know how to meme and the rest of you do not

foggy latch
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idk but for most part

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i would avoid balance aside from getting job info and resources

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for a moment it appear friendly

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few moments later it becomes salt ground

pallid vigil
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From my experience a vast majority of people there hate my guts because I'm decidedly average in most fights

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If not then idfk why

foggy latch
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just get the info and move on

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no need lose braincells talking to ppl there

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note that balance have hidden strikes channel

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you get banned for 3 strikes registered on you before you know it

stuck crane
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tell me, at around what lvl there is enough people not to wait ~15 per dungeon?

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~15min &

olive hearth
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If DPS, it's always that long or even longer

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Do side quests or FATEs in the meantime

stable basin
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anyone up for eden res normal on light
pretty pls

distant wagon
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when will i find a good group for e6s pls 😦

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i'm so done with that fight, i know my stuff, i just wanna clear damnit

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but all the "post conflag" practice groups keep dying on the iphrit phase 😭

simple sky
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i don't even know what people die to in that phase

nova socket
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Just kill before conflag 🙂

mortal stone
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Probably either get confused on the tethers or confused on the busters

simple sky
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my best kill is 8:10 😦

urban briar
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Hello

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What do we talk about in here?

rose atlas
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glamour

hardy field
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we have regular 25-45 minute unskippable discussions about Castrum Meridianum and Praetorium

torn echo
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hey yall... as a SMN which stats should i be focusing on getting on gear?? Spell Speed?

steady pebble
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Crit > DH >= Det > SpS```
torn echo
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oh im way off xD

stark light
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is it considered acceptable if you run raids with PF while also being in a static?

supple sail
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Ask your static.

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If you clear a floor with PF ahead of your static's raidtime and thereby reduce the loot for your static when they clear, that would be a problem

trim igloo
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whats the food bard right now

steady pebble
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stuffed highland cabbage

stark light
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Yeah I always run after my static's raidtime every reset

supple sail
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Yeah then it's not objectionable at all

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some groups have like a vision where they only raid and progress together though

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which is ¯_(ツ)_/¯

dull radish
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I think it's a fair thing, at least early on in the tier

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later on it loses more, I dunno, credibility? I can't think of the proper adjective. But mainly I'd just talk with your group and see what expectations are, yeah

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clearing with the group itself can be a big deal for some folks, for others it's mainly like, hey we're done for the week do whatever and we'll get back to prog when we can raid next week

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very much a case by case basis

foggy latch
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as long its to practice later phases its fine

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clearing with pf means your static will get less chests and loot when they clear which usually cause problems cause no one like to get less loot than every other group

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though u better clear if you got the chance if static not running again til after weekly reset since they will lose nothing and u get more loot

iron gorge
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What would be the best channel where I can look to form an 8-man for High-End Duty content?

quaint marten
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any of the recruitment channels below

iron gorge
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Ah, I see it. Thank you @quaint marten

vital sundial
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If I was brand new, and would like to experience all the content, and was up to the Coils raid, what would be my best bet to actually getting to experience the entire thing? (Healer btw)

thorn bear
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make a pf and tell people you wanna watch the cutscenes

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or find a friend

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👀

vital sundial
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I have no friends XD

thorn bear
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then go to the friend maker aka party finder

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and try to specify that you want to see the story for coils

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or ask novice network if you are in that, maybe some folks will come along

rose atlas
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@stark light im sure they wont mind if you've cleared the 4 floors for the week

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once i reclear on tuesday i do fuck all in pf

dapper pike
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Think with FF7 remake doing some of the summons trial by combat they might use Hades or knights of the round from XIV? god I hope so. would be sweet

shadow schooner
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how hard is it for someone like me who got the game in last December, hit ilv 480 a month and a half ago and wants to tackle current savage raids to find a static group?

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i have nothing under my belt except 7 clears of O12s

foggy latch
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u can hit i480 in 5 mins after u hit 80

thorn bear
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if you've cleared o12s before then you already got experience lol

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not like it matters, anyone can raid 🙂

heavy rover
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Can savages be done in pugs? Or is it exclusive for statics?

Also what's the easiest to hardest savage/ex at the moment?

foggy latch
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can be done in pugs

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but YMMV

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pugs are wildcard they can be anything

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static is static performance 50% of the time and controlled loot

mortal stone
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Your mileage will severely vary with pug Savage.

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There are several mechanics in this tier that just completely roadblock pug progression even if you already learned it.

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Fury 14 in e5, conflag in e6, add phase in e7, light rampant in e8.

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You can be in a pug that’s supposed to go way past any of those and still get stuck there.

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So it can be rough sometimes.

uncut gate
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I find CL kills more than F14 in e5s

high ether
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omg we made it to the second half of e8s

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light rampant goes off without a hitch now, flood phase needs a lil work

high ether
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does anyone have timelines of e5-8s?

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I want to figure out more efficient TBN moments

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yes, poggers to you too

foggy latch
wheat stag
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What do people put on their DRK relic for materia?

pallid vigil
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I did Crit iirc

dusky willow
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For WAR: Relic vs Ruby?

dull radish
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relic

wheat stag
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For DRK relic or neo ishgardian?

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err rephrase

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crystarium or neo ishgardian

torn kindle
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Weapon? Crystarium beats neo for sure

wheat stag
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what about armor

torn kindle
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I think it’s the same deal, I can’t recall of any Crystarium pieces with much worse secondary stats compared to pentamelded neo

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And also have to consider the higher defense/main stats

wheat stag
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I was told that neo ishgardians beats 490 ilvl stuff when pentamelded

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@torn kindle wondering if you can verify/share your opinon?

torn kindle
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I’d have to double check the balance discord, but they usually don’t keep track of stuff below BiS for min-maxing.

wheat stag
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what's BiS?

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tag me if you got the results?

torn kindle
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@wheat stag best in Slot.
But it looks like only the Neo Helmet beats out Crystarium for tanks.

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And the idealized helmet from Memoria Misera is BiS.

wheat stag
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so helmet is only good part?

torn kindle
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Once you get Crystarium gear, yes

stark light
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How hard is e6s/e7s compared to e5s?

wheat stag
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regular?

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it wasn't too bad

pallid vigil
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6s is a bit harder in pugs, 7s is a joke

torn kindle
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From what I heard 7 is pretty easy if you have someone calling out portals

dull radish
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even without portals being called out, it's very easy. You can pretty safely just follow the crowd, there's plenty of time and leeway. And the later iteration with the black/white debuffs, people just stack all the dps together, and all the tanks/healers together--even stacking the AoEs there is pretty trivial

uncut gate
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hard part of 7 is the teleport mechanics

torn kindle
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Yeah those aoes only do like 10k damage or something?

uncut gate
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once you get that figured out (position camera so TP debuff points where you want to go, press forward), the rest usually doesn't take too long to get

upbeat depot
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What Materia Meld for 480 Eden for Scholar?

quaint marten
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Crit

upbeat depot
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What order?

quaint marten
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as much as you are willing to spend for neo-ish

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all crit VIII for idealised

upbeat depot
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ok

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thanks

glossy musk
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Piety (until comfortable) ► Spell Speed (until 1015) ► Critical Hit ► Direct Hit ► Determination ► Spell Speed

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For SCH

distant wagon
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what does braindead strat mean on e7?

mortal stone
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@distant wagon It means everyone with the same color sticks together during color portals.

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Rather than older strats that would have them spread out the circle AoEs.

distant wagon
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are there other strats?

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oh right ok

mortal stone
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It was discovered a couple weeks in that the stacked circle AoEs can just be healed through.

distant wagon
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wait what

mortal stone
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So you can have the whole party stay in the same general area for the whole mechanic.

pallid vigil
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The AoEs tickle

distant wagon
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don't you have enough space to spread them with pretty minimal movement?

pallid vigil
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They're a non threat

mortal stone
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You do but it would require more callouts than braindead.

pallid vigil
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With stacking the AoEs its only like

distant wagon
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oooh right i misread your first sentence

mortal stone
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Braindead you just call out which portal each role starts in and whether or not you have to switch

pallid vigil
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30k damage

mortal stone
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And that's literally the whole mechanic

pallid vigil
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Any AoE oGCD can cover it

distant wagon
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so 4 of those only do 30k?

mortal stone
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It turned what was one of the more complicated mechanics in the early weeks into the easiest mechanic of the fight

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Hence "braindead"

distant wagon
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that's uh not very savage of them

pallid vigil
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E7S is an easy fight

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Makes me think 7 and 5 should've swapped

distant wagon
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i keep hearing that but there's never any practice groups for it lol

pallid vigil
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well its late in the tier atm

distant wagon
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literally haven't been able to start the fight yet, cleared e6 on tuesday

pallid vigil
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its gonna be hard to find a group of any sort that isn't clear/chest unfortunately

distant wagon
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i just at least wanna get to e8 before continuously wiping on that until the next tier

pallid vigil
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I wish you luck

distant wagon
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ty

turbid canopy
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although im sure you have heard this before

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but starting your own group may be beneficial

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probably a dozen people chillin like you looking for non existent practice groups

foggy latch
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being static leader is worse than pugging

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and im talking from experience

turbid canopy
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yeah when i say start a group i dont mean a static. start a pug. start a new pug for each chunk of boss progression 😄

pallid vigil
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I can attest to that

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But yeah a static's usually a good starting point

distant wagon
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i can't really do statics since exams are coming up and i got 2 weeks left before i can't raid no more, but i'll try making my own groups!

rose atlas
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@untold oyster is this true

untold oyster
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is what true

rose atlas
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static leading < pugging

untold oyster
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it depends

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if you get a good group together it's better than pugging

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if you're stuck in a never ending recruitment limbo then it sucks ass

urban briar
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Am I supposed to use potions

uncut gate
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tinctures?

vestal tendon
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Potions only seem useful in pvp

torn kindle
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Can’t use outside items in PVP

vestal tendon
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Oop

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Ignore me, I dumb lol

torn kindle
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If you mean HP potions those are pretty much useless in savage. The main potions you want to use are the stat potions to boost your damage.

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I can’t remember the exact name of the best version of MP potions, but Super-Ethers can be helpful for healers in a pinch

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Or SMN/RDM if you’re raising people.

upbeat depot
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Can you get Tomstome of Soldiery anymore?

steady pebble
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no

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anything that was once bought with soldiery is bought with allied seals or poetics

upbeat depot
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So the mounts?

steady pebble
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Oh the moogle soldiery tomes

upbeat depot
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yea

steady pebble
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none of those are specific to the moogle tomes

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they're either ARR beast tribe mounts or from extremes

upbeat depot
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ahh ok

torn kindle
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The only exclusive items are the ones that cost 100

junior bolt
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Is there a way to calculated what my DPS should be at XYZ iLevel? My SAM parse are eternally gray. My rotation isn’t perfect but I don’t think it’s bad enough to justify the 7-8k gap I’m seeing in these top parses... I’m especially struggling with E6S... can’t seems to get a flow going on that one

sinful brook
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have you plugged your parses into xivanalysis yet?

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its at least a start to tell you things you might not have noticed/ might be missing in your rotation

serene lotus
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I do 15k at i483

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Roughly

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Depends on the fight

urban hollow
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is there anyone down to queue up for e5s? Just unlocked it and watch some videos and hoping to learn how to clear it

subtle bone
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use party finder to join a learning/practice group

upbeat depot
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Is there a beast tribe guide floating around or its it just do the dailys?

steady pebble
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just do the dailies

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and rank up quests whenever you hit a new rank

upbeat depot
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How long does it take to get to rank 4?

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and can you do all the tribes every day?

steady pebble
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you get 12 allowances per day, and for expansion beast tribes, you get 3 dailies per day

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so you can't do all tribes every day, you'll have to pick and choose which ones you want to focus on

upbeat depot
#

So you can do 4 tribes with 3 dailies?

steady pebble
#

provided ofc you dont have a rank up for that day, yeah

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since rank up gives an extra 3 (not rank 7/8 tho)

upbeat depot
#

Oh does rankup take 1 of the allowances?

steady pebble
#

like i said, you get an extra 3 dailies to do after you rank up

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so if you rank up, you technically get 6 to do for that day

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maxing out tribe takes about 2 and half weeks of dailies

upbeat depot
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ahh ok

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Thanks 🙂

foggy latch
#

@junior bolt i need your ilvl to judge along with wep

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but i480 sam with i485 wep should be doing 16k+

junior bolt
#

@foggy latch I’m sitting at 484 with the 485 Relic Weapons.

On E5S I can hit 14.4, E6S I can barely hit 13K...
FFAnalysis says my Higanbana uptime is a bit on the low side : 70% range that’s what I’m currently focusing on. A handful of broken combo too.

subtle bone
#

Getting mixed answers but is TEA doable for dps using current 500 bis? And will serious groups accept that?

dull radish
#

sure

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you'll lose out a bit compared to having a BiS from last tier but it's not really that big a deal

subtle bone
#

I see

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Im more concerned if groups will accept me i guess

dull radish
junior bolt
#

Thanks Rika! I'll take a look and get started narrowing down my issues 🙂

dull radish
#

sounds good <3

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@subtle bone you'll be pretty fine, realistically the focus is more on consistent, good players that will do well with the group, rather than ones who have an optimized gearset

subtle bone
#

Hmm i see. Alright then ill ask recruiting groups what their standard is first i suppose.. ugh starting this game so late is really punishing when trying to do these ultimates

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Thank you rika

dull radish
#

mmm it's not really so bad coming late to ultimates, if you can find other people that want to go back to do them. They're very strongly mechanics and consistency checks, and while the dps checks are still present they're not really to the point of having to min-max gear or anything for them. Plus with all the time we have before new savage/ultimate, there's gonna be a lot of bored people and a lot of time to get things done

subtle bone
#

True. Ok thanks for the infos turtmilk

burnt falcon
#

I got some questions about preparing for endgame and some class questions. Is this the right place to ask about some basic questions?

subtle bone
#

Sure go ahead

burnt falcon
#

Alright I'm planning on joining up with some buddies to dip our toes into savage content. Currently I'm playing BLM with a hodgepodge of Edencall, Crystarium, and a little Neo-Ishguardian stuff atm. Some people have told me to go heavy into crit and direct hit with spell speed to comfort. However one of my BLM buddies who's done savage content has a mere 800 something crit. I'm torn now on what my gameplan is. Do I max spellspeed or is there a cap I need to watch out for?

foggy latch
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you dont need max stats to beat savage

subtle bone
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The gameplan is to use your highest ilvl gear and start clearing

foggy latch
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also spellspeed matters depends on what rotation you are following

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but most ppl do the 0? sps rotation

subtle bone
#

Neoishgardian + crystarium gear is good enough before you replace the neoish with raid gear

foggy latch
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idk if it was 0 or not but i remember having sub 400 sps

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to do it

burnt falcon
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You mean I can ignore spell speed entirely.

dull radish
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uh no

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you should not listen to any of that haha

subtle bone
#

The sks part or the clearing the raid part? :(

dull radish
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the spellspeed bit

subtle bone
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O ok

dull radish
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your info was fine

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but as far as spellspeed for BLM. It's a stat that the job scales well with, and also can help the job be a bit more playable. In the end you can get pretty comparable sets at a wide range of spellspeed, but as an initial estimate for where most people like playing at, around 2k+ is a good first step. While you can play fine at lower sps, things are a bit tighter and it often doesn't feel as good to play with

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if you want to go with higher sps or lower sps though, more power to you. At BiS we have a high sps set (~3.7k sps) which has minimal crit simply by virtue of there not really being sps + crit pieces at BiS. A comparable set instead invests strongly into crit, ending with a more moderate 2k sps

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there's some slight nuances you can take advantage of at especially high sps, but it also comes with drawbacks. But not nearly to the point that it's a "different rotation" or anything

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in general as a stat spread we recommend something like was mentioned before, sps to comfort > crit/dh > det. But then you have to worry about how much of each stat you have to see if things might be more or less worthwhile, consider stat tiers, etc. So purely following the priority won't give you an optimized set (like in the case of not having much crit, crit gets much lower priority)

burnt falcon
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I see. So it really varies eventually. I can worry about the little things once i get my bis gear? I don't have to worry about it too much just to contribute into savage clears?

dull radish
#

absolutely not. Even at BiS you'll barely see much difference between swapping secondaries around. Short of BiS just get to a comfortable spellspeed, and the exact spread of secondaries you go for after that won't make for much of a difference, as long as you're melding relevant stats and not stuff like piety or skillspeed or tenacity

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err, just to make sure, since you asked a few questions and I answered just "absolutely not". I meant, yes it varies, don't worry about the little stuff too much until BiS, it won't really have any sort of effect towards your contribution in clearing content

burnt falcon
#

Thanks so much for your help, btw! 😄

lusty sable
#

When are weekly chests gonna uncap? Will it be in the 5.3 drop or in patches after. (5.35 etc)

lyric summit
#

for the last few raid tiers it's been near the very end of an odd patch, but hard to tell how lack of an ultimate will affect it

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either very late 5.35 (5.38 or smth) or just 5.4

elder bough
#

Hey, I'm starting to get into e7s, and I've watched a vid on the fight. However, I'm noticing that there's a "Braindead strat" that's going around PF, what's that?

dull radish
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so, during the section with unjoined aspect (black/white debuffs) and portals. Instead of spreading out a bit and making sure to not overlap the colored AoEs, you can pretty safely stack the same colored ones, it doesn't do all that much damage. So all tanks/healers will stack together throughout that, all dps will stack together throughout that. Generally all up at like, the top left corner (or top right), using that corner square and the one below it

elder bough
dull radish
#

yeah

elder bough
#

A couple other things, is the T cross referring to the first set of portals, where the parties will be positioned?

inland ore
#

It refers to betwixt world, when the dps get tethered to the birds and have to position the beams. The 2 dps who are tethered to the 2 middle birds position themselves so they teleport directly south of their tethered bird. The dps who are tethered to the outer birds teleport to the most NW or NE square on the opposite side of their bird.

elder bough
#

Ahhh alright, thanks for all the info

dark dune
#

How difficult is E2s-E4s now?

olive hearth
#

Shouldn't have trouble beating enrage, but the important mechanics are still there

dark dune
#

Ah alright wanna do it to get the drg gear for glam

urban briar
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Do skills matter?

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Like dexterity and determination

quaint marten
#

weapon damage is the most effective
followed by main stat (str fot melees, dex for ninja and ranged, int for casters, mind for healers_
folowed by sub stat (determination, crit, direct hit etc)

stable basin
#

For E5S, Is it alright to take both DRK and PLD?

dull radish
#

absolutely

pallid vigil
#

Any comp works

stable basin
#

I heard that it isnt really good but i only heard that from people

dull radish
#

you can clear with any combination of jobs just fine

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and it won't really make things notably more difficult or anything

stable basin
#

Thank you so much for answering my question !

dull radish
#

no problem <3

rose atlas
#

well maybe playing 4 melee dps might make it a tad bit more difficult

foggy latch
#

its still within the 5% main stat increase when we say any comp

dull radish
#

for E5S no I really do mean any comp

pallid vigil
#

4 SAMs

dull radish
#

like it'll be a bit awkward/annoying with extra melee but sure go ahead

#

you can clear it just fine

torn kindle
#

Just don’t greed Fury’s Fourteen

foggy latch
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tell that to parties i had

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including my static just today

stable basin
#

Hi, I wanted to ask about e5s for tank,
My off tank kept dying during the 14 spear when he have to go in the circle and active his action bar, he never stay alive and he doesnt know why

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We dont know why either, can anyone explain whats the problem? o;

pallid vigil
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Is he using cooldowns?

stable basin
#

Yes

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Do you need a stack?

pallid vigil
#

Yes

stable basin
#

He need at least 1?

pallid vigil
#

Yep

stable basin
#

He still died

nova socket
#

Do you have a log?

turbid canopy
#

If he moves or pops sprint or anything after using the extra action he will cancel it

rose atlas
#

Just don’t greed Fury’s Fourteen
@torn kindle four melee btw

torn kindle
#

did i stutter?

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🙂

rose atlas
#

telling melee not to greed

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good luck

pallid vigil
#

Doll

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4 SAMs

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Unleash the weeb

rose atlas
#

@stable basin do you have a video or a pov

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i might know what hes doing wrong

stable basin
#

Sadly no...

dull radish
#

I guess an important piece of info is if it's just a death, or if the mechanic itself is failing

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we had inconsistency issues until we realized that the tank was not always facing ramuh

rose atlas
#

is he facing the boss or is he taking the charge up the ass

pallid vigil
#

O-oh my

dull radish
#

but that will fail the mechanic, not solely kill the tank

stable basin
#

Hes facing the boss

rose atlas
#

is he just dying instantly

stable basin
#

He told me when he hear the sound to use the action bar, he use it right away along with his cd and still getting killed

foggy latch
#

does he stand firm?

rose atlas
#

what cooldowns

foggy latch
#

the dash do 210k with 0 mitigation

stable basin
#

I think its just his def skills, reduce dmg

foggy latch
#

so u need 2 minimum

rose atlas
#

yeah but

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which ones

pallid vigil
#

Is he like only using Rampart?

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Anything more?

rose atlas
#

he needs his 30% and rampart

pallid vigil
#

Or do you not know

#

You can also invuln if you so wish, but let the healers know

stable basin
#

Gimme moment, ill ask him quick

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“I clicked it until the number went down from 2 to no number. Skills I used was Nebula, 30% dmg reduction”

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Thats what he said

pallid vigil
#

He needs more

foggy latch
#

u need more

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40%+

pallid vigil
#

Nebula, Rampart, and Heart of Stone should be more than enough

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Alternatively if you so wish, you can Superbolide, but that's entirely how you wish to deal with that mechanic

rose atlas
#

super would be more safe as he can be healed before taking the action

dull radish
#

just in general using invuln for that charge is super big value

pallid vigil
#

And if you have a WHM, Bene still puts him to full and he won't take damage

dull radish
#

since using it elsewhere is kinda eh

pallid vigil
#

So he'll still be at full HP

stable basin
#

I will let him know, thank you so much for the tips guys o/

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Much appreciated it

pallid vigil
violet cosmos
#

It feels so weird to weave on whm when I’m so used to ast worryDumb

#

Been clipping myself thinking I can weave after my gcd

dull radish
#

yeah can take a bit of getting used to

torn kindle
#

yeah WHM is just suffering

dull radish
#

AST free weaves are powerful

uncut gate
#

other way around was weird for me too

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i'm constantly missing casts because I spam the button but it never goes through because skills are still on cd

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10 seconds later I notice that the dot was never applied

violet cosmos
#

I need to get used to when to use Presence of mind

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Like I use it in opener

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But after

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I just forgot its existence

uncut gate
#

put it on separate toolbar, make it big

#

use that toolbar for all the DON'T FORGET skills of all the classes

violet cosmos
#

Also I’m having 1,7k piety as whm worryDumb

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Can’t gear at all

storm frostBOT
#
Ban Issued for BRIAN#6476

@somber sand has been banned by Yen#1904 for the following reason:

spammer

copper halo
#

1.7k pie

#

i could never

rose atlas
#

@copper halo but youre a white mage

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if you were ast id be worried

copper halo
#

i have 0 pie on all healers

#

ast is not so fun with 0 pie

blazing pelican
#

bongocat more piety bongocat

wheat stag
#

question when should I attempt eden savage?

blazing pelican
#

You should be competent enough to do current extreme fights first. Then make sure you're at least i480 cause some things will just shit on you without the extra hp

wheat stag
#

I'm not at 480 yet

#

my limiting reagent is waiting for allegory refresh T.T

dull radish
#

consider doing the new ex trial to get some 480 gear, relic for an easy 485 weapon. Can also go for eden normal/crafted gear to get some other 480 stuff

wheat stag
#

ex trial?

#

edgen tokens seem to give 450 only

#

you mean like titania and innocence?

dull radish
#

the first tier of eden, eden's gate, gives 450 on normal, 470 on savage. The second tier of eden, eden's verse, gives 480 on normal, 500 on savage

wheat stag
#

oh

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I've also been working towards 490 gear

#

the crystarium ones

#

is it better?

dull radish
#

yeah, 490 gear will generally be better than gear at a lower ilvl (there'll be some exceptions here and there but it's not a big deal)

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but since you're limited on the amount of tomes you can get per week, you can look to other options to get your ilvl up as well, sort of filler pieces before you can get higher ilvl stuff to replace it

wheat stag
#

fair

oak kelp
#

So i came back yesterday (ty login campaign), and im wondering. Is Memoria Miseria worth doing?

pallid vigil
#

If you don't have Tome gear, yes

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The gear it gives has 5 slots

oak kelp
#

difficulty wise, how is it?

pallid vigil
#

Not bad, just takes some learning

foggy latch
#

as long group know how to bait autlus then u can clear

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everything else can be recovered

simple holly
#

Is it worth making a dark knight DPS Macro ?

foggy latch
#

you dont wanna macro your skills except at very niche cases

torn kindle
#

The only skill I’d macro for DRK is for Salted Earth to be placed on your feet or your current target.

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Along with Shirk to target the off-tank

drowsy musk
rose atlas
#

@drowsy musk i hope everyone in there has megumin glamour or ill be disappointed

drowsy musk
#

That could be fun lol

nova socket
#

why don't they have rank 1 e8s

#

are they bad or something just doing the easy fights

left lagoon
#

Hello, I do have a question. forgive me since I’m new in the FFXIV discord. Is there anyway I can find like a group/static? Looking for a mid or hardcore static.

torn kindle
#

#recruitment-crystal

left lagoon
#

Thank you.

sturdy musk
#

people talk here?

visual geyser
#

Only to flex

urban briar
#

How is warrior around lvl 70-80

sinful brook
#

Not much changes

#

Your unga bunga get traits to be more unga bunga

#

And you get lifestyle on shott cd

urban briar
#

And how is paladins playstyle?

#

Im looking for combo oriented

lyric summit
#

all tanks have combos, just different flavours of combos

serene lotus
#

You get Nascent Flash

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Which changes everything

lyric summit
#

drk has a 123 combo they spam constantly to generate gauge and spend it on other skills,
warrior has a 123 combo with two different 3 finishers, one to get/maintain a damage buff, other to generate gauge and spend it on other skills like drk,
pld has a 123 combo with two different 3 finishers, one for a dot, other for 3 charges of a skill (so basically a one button combo), and every 60s they have a magic phase where they spam damage spells, so another sorta 1/2 button combo, it sounds the most complex but it's the most straightforward/rigid rotation
and gnb has a 123 combo they also spam but they get a cartridge with each combo to spend on another combo or one-off hits, plus a lot of other buttons not connected to any combos/resources

mortal stone
#

@urban briar PLD has one of the easier rotations of the tanks I think. Though when you are trying to optimize it the timing becomes extremely tight.

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But as far as learning what you have to do it isn’t bad

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If you are looking for a tank experience that is more similar to DPS than you would go GNB.

urban briar
#

I’m lvl 80 with GNB

queen parcel
#

Hello, I'm brand new to this discord, and I wanted to ask if it's a good place to find people for endgame content and old ex/savage content?
I've been looking for a place to find casual players to fill in slots in raids and have vc with. This place looks promising on first inspection.

foggy latch
#

your best bet here

queen parcel
#

ty

foggy latch
#

avoid the general chat

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and look for lfm channels

sand lion
#

lmao that server icon

rose atlas
#

@urban briar pld is a easy tank to play but it is very hard to optimize in end game content

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if you want a easier tank where its 'hey keep this thing up' and 'hey press me on cooldown' play war

jade beacon
#

https://discord.gg/fgMcCkv
@foggy latch is there a NA data center equivalent? i'm in Primal-Behemoth and i'm looking to join a team /FC if possible, thanks in advance

rose atlas
#

@jade beacon

jade beacon
#

thank you!

wanton estuary
#

Where do you go about starting the beast tribe quests?

olive hearth
#

bluequest in nearby areas or from long-ish sidequests chains

flat maple
#

guys i'm wondering

#

if i can't afford full +60 materia for all my gear

#

should i keep my gear empty or put +20 instead?

serene lotus
#

Put grade 6 if you can't do 8, they give 40 and are guaranteed to be removed

flat maple
#

or shoul di just buy the +60?

serene lotus
#

I thought the question was about not being able to afford it

flat maple
#

yes not very much

#

i can get them but will keep me at low gil

serene lotus
#

You can join a hunt linkshell, ShB A- and S-ranks give clusters, I'm pretty sure

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Or level roulette above 70 as adventurer in need

flat maple
#

ah ok thx

violet cosmos
#

Do mappy

#

They give a lot

lavish rose
#

any pro mchs?

#

is it wrong to wait a long time for reassemble to use drill

foggy latch
#

yes

#

the window is very short that you dont wanna delay it at all

#

even if reassemble is coming in next 2 secs after drill come off cd

steady pebble
stable basin
#

Oh. Right.

dark frigate
#

Where can a first time raider look for some directions on Cinder extreme?

heavy mist
#

@dark frigate

dark frigate
#

thank you

little narwhal
#

Any pro MNK around?

magic trout
#

Can someone tell me what a good server to join would be?? me and a bunch of friends are looking to start playing...

mortal stone
#

@magic trout If you're looking for data centers with good raid populations then go aether or primal

magic trout
#

Are there also different serrvers in those data centers

mortal stone
#

Yes but when you raid you get people from all of them. So that's less important most of the time @magic trout

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Though Gilgamesh and I think Midgardsormr on Aether are known as the "raid servers"

#

In 2020 that doesn't really mean that much

#

If you are playing with your friends I would make sure you all start on the same one but beyond that just have at it

magic trout
#

Ok thats really cool. most of us are coming from Wow so we don't have much of a clue about FF14 but it will be fun

mortal stone
#

FFXIV raiding is definitely different

#

It's less reactionary. It's often compared to a dance whose steps you have to memorize

magic trout
#

does the recruit a friend gain more xp

torn kindle
#

They get this item

#

!item friendship circlet

storm frostBOT
#
**Friendship Circlet** **:** Head : ilvl 1

Increases EXP earned by 20% when level 25 and below.

Defense

4

Magic Defense

9

Item Features

Repaired By: Goldsmith
Repair Material: Grade 1 Dark Matter
Dyable: No
Desynthesis: No

drifting relic
#

Question, what other then crit should dragoons go for? Also my relic shb weapon is maxed on crit, should I wait to materia meld it or should I just go for the next stats?

foggy latch
#

Direct hit

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if direct hit also capped go for determination

drifting relic
#

poifect, thenk ya

#

thank*

urban briar
#

How do I “optimize my gear”

turbid canopy
#

getting gear that has relevant stats on them that are bis stats for you job. putting proper materia in

urban briar
#

So do I mix and match or do I want the full set
Like full eden or full neo Ishgard

torn kindle
#

Mix

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You pick the pieces that have your class’s ideal secondary stats

urban briar
#

What are rec stats for Dragoon anyways?

torn kindle
#

Two BiS sets from the balance. First one has a GCD of 2.46 and the second is a GCD if 2.48

sinful brook
#

Wowthat's not a lot off sks on drg

#

Til

urban briar
#

So I should build Critical and direct hit rate

#

That makes sense
All the youtubers I’ve seen are getting crit like 90% of the time

vale pendant
#

friendship circlet
@torn kindle does this stack with Brand New Ring?

torn kindle
#

Yes

#

All EXP equipment stacks

safe terrace
#

I'm looking to start E8S and I see there's many guides out there. I only run pugs so it can be problematic to be on a different page as someone else learning from a different guide. It wasn't a problem until now, but I feel like E8S is a different monster from the rest. Slight miscoordination seems fatal on a tight dps check. Basically, is there a universal and dated pug guide for E8S?

pseudo linden
#

Ilya is what most Pugs use- also the DPS Check isnt tight anymore by any means

safe terrace
#

Oh that's reassuring. Thanks

olive hearth
#

Is there any overall advice on improving as a player for savage? Any preferred ways to practice or gain experience?

stable basin
#

Make sure you can do your rotation flawlessly on a dummy, and ask ppl of your job if there's anything special to do in a specific fight

#

The less you have to think about your rotation, the more you can think about the fight

#

Other than that I think it's just practice

#

EX is nice for practicing adapting your rotation/greeding stuff

olive hearth
#

Memorization does seem to be a problem on my end, so I'll have practice that, thanks!

stable basin
#

I also try to be greedy af sometimes during prog

#

see what I can get away with

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and when it's clear time I step that back

olive hearth
#

As for raiding with BLM, should I save Triple Cast for mechanics?

dull radish
#

generally no

#

I'm mid-dungeon, I can elaborate more in a bit

#

alright, so basically BLM at 80 has a lot of utilities for movement, both planned and otherwise. Triplecast, swiftcast, xenoglossy, procs (natural procs and forced procs via sharpcast), slidecasting, AM/BtL, and just overall prepositioning

#

since you have plenty of options you can take advantage of, you're better off using triplecast on cd after a fast F3 from UI3--it'll line up with some things you have to move for anyways--and rely on other options for movement unless you really have a situation where you wouldn't be able to have uptime if not for holding triple

#

this tier the only particular place I'd possibly recommend holding triplecast is E8S, and perhaps tornado in E7S

olive hearth
#

Oh ok

dull radish
#

in general, there's almost always going to be a better way to deal with things. The more you play the job, the better you get at seeing the options and taking advantage of them. And occasionally things pop up like, finding a safe spot for thunderstorms in E5S, where initially you might think it requires a lot of movement but in actuality you can just stand there and cast

olive hearth
#

Yeah I can remember the times that movement is required

dull radish
#

when you're unsure, if you have triple available and you have to move and can't see another way to deal with it, go ahead and triple, or use whatever you have at your disposal. But consider your options after as well, and think about if you can handle it better next time

#

things like watching pov's can help give some good ideas for that sort of stuff, too

stark light
#

is e7s harder than e6s?

thorn bear
#

Betwixt Worlds as a mechanic might really confuse some people, a couple folks in my static for some reason had trouble grasping the mechanic

#

Away with Thee*

#

Not having someone call out the colored portals in phase 2 could really give folks trouble as well

turbid canopy
#

I don’t think it’s harder than e6 in general

thorn bear
#

The fight isn't crazy for sure

#

kinda slow

stark light
#

i heard its not as hard if you have a competent guy to call out

thorn bear
#

Someone calling out portals can easily trivialize the mechanic

tribal patrol
#

It's much easier, honestly. Adds are the hardest part of that fight, but it can be picked up and learnt in a short time.

#

Portals/towers looks overwhelming but is very simple.

thorn bear
#

Its hard to say if its easier because e6s isn't punishing at all until conflag strike

shadow schooner
#

how much does TEA ultimate take from the alexander savage raids?

torn kindle
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A3S+Nisi from A4S+A6S with water/lightning/renumeration+A8S+A11S a little bit+A12S

dull radish
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shanoa from 7s

shadow schooner
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ty

foggy latch
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A4S dolls

lethal jetty
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shoul i do the older raids or just get to shadow bringers and do thos raids

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is their any value in the older ones

quaint marten
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Crystal Tower and Return to Ivalice at least (24-man Alliance Raid for ARR and SB) are pretty important

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the rest are mostly for the story/glamour at this point

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CT because it will become MSQ-required in the future.
Ivalice because it required for the ShB relic weapons

wanton imp
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hi new to end game content just unlocked e1s, how do i go about looking for a group?

quaint marten
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if you dont mind pugging, just look at the party finder

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else maybe your FC or whoever you know in your server

wanton imp
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i see thanks

quaint marten
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can try these discords too

daring dome
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how much flat damage does the e8s add phase do

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on the crystal going boom

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60k?

quick verge
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50(?)% max hp

daring dome
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oh its not a flat number

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makes sense

quick verge
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yeah it's around 50% max hp

rose atlas
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goes thru cooldowns like rampart

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but shields will still prevent damage

foggy latch
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50% of max hp

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it goes through mitigation but not shields

stable basin
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is The Epic of Alexander (Ultimate) harder than the savage raids?
I beat E5-7S and I'm trying to do E8S, but I skipped 1-4. I need to clear 1-4 before I can do this raid?

lyric summit
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yes, it's way harder, and the unlock is locked behind clearing e4s

stable basin
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i see, thanks!

foggy latch
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clearing savage doesnt mean you can clear ultimate fight

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clearing savage just make your eligible to unlock it not to clear it

modern walrus
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heya, I just leveled my first class/job to 80 (tank) and was thinking of leveling a secondary job (dps) to 80 now. I tried BLM to 31 and couldn't stand the long cast times; could anyone suggest a dps (melee/ranged/caster) that's action packed, puts out solid dps and provides utility ithout super long cast times?

turbid canopy
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ninja

echo fjord
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Hi mac, u can try summoner (quite mobile for a caster) and dragoon. Or monk if u want super busy moving

versed vapor
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can someone help with TEA

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I dont really understand the protean wave properly

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after reading guides, all I can understand so far is the positions for the first one

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so you position N and S of the boss to bait the first set

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then range spreads on N to drop puddle AOE's then re-convene in the boss hitbox?

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is that correct?

dull radish
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somewhat, but to be a bit precise like

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the first set get baited together to make them easier to dodge, since you move out of these ones into position

versed vapor
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right

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what about the next one?

dull radish
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the other ones are targeted based on proximity, so you have the 4 ranged move out to bait sluice, which targets the 4 furthest party members (and avoid getting cleaved from the proteans that tank/melee bait)

versed vapor
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and the bait for that is indicated by the puddle AoE's we drop?

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is that correct?

dull radish
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the sluice is the big circle AoEs yeah

versed vapor
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so once sluice drops

dull radish
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after that (and the melee get hit) then you run into position to bait protean yourself, while the melee/tanks have to step out slightly

versed vapor
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how do I approach the next incoming protean

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I just fan out?

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behind the boss*

dull radish
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you generally have set positions for people to stand in for baiting, and places for the people that aren't baiting to stand to be safe

versed vapor
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by run into position to bait protean myself

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do you mean like

dull radish
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since getting hit by a protean gives you a debuff that has you taking more damage from the next protean hit (= death)

versed vapor
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far away from it

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or

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ohhhh

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so I can only get hit by one

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gotcha

dull radish
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protean always selects the person closest

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whether it's the protean from the boss, or the protean from the tornados

versed vapor
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so thats why we move into the boss

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I see 😮

dull radish
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yeah

versed vapor
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ok so to summarize just to make sure i understood

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1st set of proteans are baited N/S

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Ranged then moves out to bait sluice to drop it away from the boss

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then moves in to bait a protean

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so in total you get hit by protean once

dull radish
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yes, and during that sluice bait, tank/melee will be baiting a protean of their own (which you have to make sure you don't get hit by)

versed vapor
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right

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so If i get hit by a protean and I was baiting sluice

dull radish
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watching povs can help with clarity, as well

versed vapor
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thats not my fault

dull radish
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well like

versed vapor
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yeahhh I have a pov however its melee

dull radish
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let's say the melee was supposed to bait SW with their protean

versed vapor
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I dont have a ranged pov for the strat we're doing

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;-;

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ok

dull radish
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and you went SW to bait your sluice

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that's still on you

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having set positions for protean is key

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so people know where to stand/where not to stand

versed vapor
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does melee bait on south? (boss relative)

dull radish
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it can vary a bit depending on how the group wants to position things

versed vapor
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ig ill see later when we prog

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its quite confusing ngl

dull radish
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it's easier than it seems, really

versed vapor
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right

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just need set positions

dull radish
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yeah

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for us, it was a bit more on people getting used to the timing, than the positioning

versed vapor
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right

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thank you for the advice!

wheat stag
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Should I buy neo ish gear for parts that aren’t crystarium yet?

foggy latch
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if you arent planning to do savage then no need to

wheat stag
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I am

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I have been trying to do e4s... and sucking badly

dull radish
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E4S is a bit of an odd one to go for at this point. Why are you trying to do that fight in particular, trying to unlock TEA?

wheat stag
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what's TEA I just want the mount

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it's the only other 4 person mount

dull radish
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oh, sure. Well when people are talking about savage they're generally mostly just talking about current tier (which is what the person was referring to when they mentioned savage)

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neo ishgardian gear and higher is already quite overkill for those fights, you can do them with quite a bit less than that

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so even if you're a bit lower in some slots you should be fine

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it's more just a mechanics sort of thing, and while you can kill the fight quicker nowadays with higher ilvl gear, you can't kill it quick enough that you just get to ignore the mechanics that will wipe people

wheat stag
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Learning mechanics for me is hard...

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there is like a ridiculous amt

dull radish
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there's a decent number, but yeah that's a lot of where the difficulty is with raiding in general. Execution of mechanics, and consistency

wheat stag
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if only the regalia came b T>T

ocean hound
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Maybe SqE will consider doing so when they release a new DLC for XV

high tree
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i am getting wrecked at regular eden trials, how do i practice savage without ruining peoples runs lol

torn kindle
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Extreme trials are a good stepping stone in terms of relative difficulty

supple sail
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You make learning PFs

wanton imp
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hi just cleared e5s today. How does the loot system work?

dull radish
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You basically get one clear per fight per week. You get a page, and can roll on any chests that appear (number of chests is dictated by number of people who have cleared that week before this clear) and win nothing, everything, or any number of items in between. Any subsequent clears you do for the week, even if a chest shows up you don't get any additional pages and can't see/roll on any more loot, and have to wait until next week after reset to get anything else from the fight.

As a small note as well, if you skip a floor for the week (e.g. enter E6S before you clear E5S for the week) you get flagged as having cleared E5S and can't get any pages/loot if you go back to it after. It gives a warning message when the party leader goes to queue explaining this too, but just mentioning it since some people overlook it

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And might as well follow up with showing what shows up as loot for each fight:

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!faq savageloot

storm frostBOT
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What floors of savage drop which items?
Info

Per tier:
First floor: (Belt/Earring/Necklace/Bracelet/Ring) x3
Second floor: (Head/Gloves/Boots) x2 + Weapon Tomestone + Glaze
Third floor: Head/Gloves/Boots + Legs + Twine + Solvent
Fourth floor: Weapon + Chest + Random single weapon + Mount + Minion

foggy latch
simple sky
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blame your smn

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:^)

foggy latch
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is savage Ramuh considered 4/8? or is it 1/4? I'm just coming back to the game

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e1-4 = normal, and e5s-8s = savage?

pallid vigil
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There are both Normals and Savages for both

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To unlock the Savages, you need to do all the Normal Mode fights for each tier (in this case E1-E4)

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Same for E5-E8

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Then you unlock E1-E4s and E5-E8S

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You also do not need to clear E1S-E4S to do E5S, you just need to do the NM fights for that tier

pine yoke
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idk if this goes here but Archaeotania up in Cactuar

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temptest X:27.5 Y:25.9

faint wharf
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Hey guys, if I’m going to run Neo Exdeath unsynced (at 76 ish) with Echo turned on, do I still need to practice or can i just wing it and expect to clear it?

Just honestly want to unlock UCOB

serene lotus
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The actually dangerous mechanics will probably still kill you if you don't do them properly

faint wharf
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Thanks friend, will definitely try to find a party for practice

stuck wigeon
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You'll need at least 4 people to do it

shut bridge
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Is it even worth joining a static this late into the tier as a tank/healer? Most prioritize loot to dps so by the time I get any gear the next tier will prob be close

foggy latch
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even if u didnt get gear, by release of next tier we will get craftable i510 gear which would be instantly pick up to most groups who got the gil

sage berry
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or craft it yourself

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5.4 isn't like that close anyway

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Expect it around sept at earliest

lyric summit
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it's still worth joining for the raid experience, and maybe you'll get lucky with drops and end up full i500 within 2 weeks

pallid vigil
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At worse, you come out stronger at the very least

foggy latch
rose atlas
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maybe you'll get even luckier and have your weapon drop on the first clear

quick verge
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maybe you'll get even luckier and have no weapons drop for anyone's main job ever

undone tide
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Is there a reason why melees are so greedy?

olive hearth
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Uptime

serene lotus
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Because AoEs that you deal with by "running away and just standing there looking pretty" is among the most boring shit in the game

urban briar
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How is Dancer at lvl 80

foggy latch
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3 layers of rng + hoping your group are decent

snow plover
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As a Dancer main that offends me

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because it's so painfully true

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but yeah, it is fun but the heavy reliance on RNG can be really frustrating

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even though you do get all your procs every 60 seconds

urban briar
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Ill just get it to 80 and never touch it again

lusty shale
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That works too

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I main DNC but the more I get closer to capping all healers the more Im going yes yes healing - then I remember I want to do Eden Savage and go back to DNC

lavish isle
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Im coming into the end game now, and I have 480 gear, never done a raid before and Im considering going through eden's gate. Should I?

high warren
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Why shouldn't you ?

lavish isle
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Im asking if it would be smart to go in without any raiding experience.

high warren
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I advise against going into PFs but try finding a static willing to accept new players. It should roll way better. PF people are usually not as patient as static members.

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Also try to get abit better gear, you can get 490 gear with tokens

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(keep your relic tho it's BiS till you can upgrade the 490 weapon into the 500 one)

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Don't hesitate to watch guides to learn your role and what to expect for mechanics too

lavish isle
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Thanks a bunch!

dull radish
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485 weapon is mostly not better than 490 weapon

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most jobs the 490 will be stronger

lyric summit
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well if it's just normal mode edens then they're casual content, dont really need high ilvl for it

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and eden's gate is last tier too so you're way overgeared already anyways

stable basin
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I suppose i can ask about end game here? Does healer’s dps matter in savage content?

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One of my friend told me that it isn’t our job to do dmg so, am I support to just heal only?

thorn bear
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Whomever that friend is

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they are a bad friend

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healer dps has never mattered more than it does now probably

stable basin
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I was telling my friend that her dmg need to be improve, since she did like like 2% whole 20minutes, and he said that it isnt her job, as long her healing is good

thorn bear
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in savage content it def matters

stable basin
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Am i misunderstand something here? Since i always casting my dps spell as much as i could and only heal before or after the aoe hit or healing tank when needed

thorn bear
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Your friend doesn't necessarily need to do damage in casual content that she she probably plays

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but in savage content

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where there are actual damage checks that need to be met

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losing almost 20k dps because healers "are only supposed to heal" will make any raid incompletable

stable basin
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How much does healer need to do at least? In eden savage

torn kindle
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Entirely depends on how competent your team is

thorn bear
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my whm at the beginnign of the raid tier for eden's verse, was doing 8k damage on white mage

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I'm more interested in how your friend finds the game fun when they clearly must spend large amounts of time standing around in trials or normal raids

bold solar
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Something you have to get over when you're doing raid content is that the bosses dont really autoattack so spamming heals isnt a thing

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it's mostly the raid aoe/tankbusters you have to work around, and that's what cds are for

stable basin
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Alright, thank you so much for answering my questions,

arctic scarab
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Sounds like your friend needs to go back and play WoW again lol

urban briar
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How is Machinist in Endgame

supple sail
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Highest dps of the three ranged dps, high burst

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Overall solid

urban briar
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Good good

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How is Automaton Queen
I heard it was clunky

supple sail
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fine

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it's just a dot

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basically

urban briar
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Will I get it often
Or is it like Star diver every minute

torn kindle
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You get battery from the end of your combo and Hot Shot/Sky Anchor (might be wrong name)

supple sail
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Air Anchor

torn kindle
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👍

urban briar
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Is there a like a rotation guide I can see
A video would be nice I’m a visual learner

supple sail
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!faq mchguide

supple sail
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Ensure any video guides are updated to at least patch 5.1

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when MCH last had adjustments (potencies)

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or definitely at least 5.05 when reassemble cooldown was changed

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Video guides aren't very popular because a video has a limited time that it will be accurate before expiring

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and a youtube video can't simply be edited to change that

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I don't know what video guides are reputable.

urban briar
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Channy told me all ffxiv youtubers are bad and Liars

torn kindle
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The only one I’d not recommend specifically is desperius or something like that

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For job guides

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MrHappy/Mizzteq are both pretty decent encounter guide makers, though I prefer Mizzteq more often

woven kraken
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Hey would anyone be able to help me with two quick questions on E5S?

rapid elm
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What questions?

woven kraken
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For CL transfers (specifically triangle), is the CL transferred by the person who has it running to the person they are transferring it to? Or the person who wants it taking it from the person who has it? Also, I noticed in duty complete groups they didn't mark the CL order for triangle, was the order and 3-3 split based on the positioning for the stormcloud? Was a bit confused since Ive only downed it once

rapid elm
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Unfortunately I tank so I'm not particularly familiar with it. I believe Ramuh targets the two closest people first(Should be melee dps), so it is the job of the ranged dps to grab it, hold it, and bring it to the healers. That would complete one cycle of chain lightning.

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In this scenario, the only people that would need to move are ranged dps

uncut gate
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i thought it was always two healers

olive hearth
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Healers get CL

rapid elm
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I guess we make our ranged work harder lol

olive hearth
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The groups are predetermined as well in most cases, from my experience in triangle prog

uncut gate
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theoretically though range move for passing, melee and healer stay still

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in practice it's up to the party and someone alway's moving

rapid elm
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Oh oops, I got it wrong. Furthest are tagged with CL?

olive hearth
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Healers get it first

uncut gate
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it's just healers i'm pretty sure, unless you're talking about stormclouds

olive hearth
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Then the ones closest to the healers get it next

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And so on

uncut gate
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i'd say join parties that do circle CL instead and forget about triangle nonsense